Milling and fulling machine.



No. 646,2). Patented Mar. 27', I900. E. GESSNEB, In. MILLING AND FULLINGMACHINE.

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MILLING AND FULLING MACHlNE.

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MILLING AND FULLING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming art of Letters Patent No. 646,210, dated March 27,1900. Application filed November 12, 71898. I Serial No. 696,216. (Nomodel.)

subject of the German Emperor, and a resi-' dent of Aux, Saxony,Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Millingand Fulling Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in milling and fulling machineswhich are generally made with two fullin g-stocks vertically arrangedand working in a downward direction at the end and within the casing ofan ordinary milling-machine. Instead of the usual two I use only onefulling stock acting in a downward direction, and in addition to thesame I use a stationary bottom foot-stock and a second reciprocatingfulling-stock acting upon the fabric in the direction toward the end orback board of the machine and operated so as to act upon the fabricwhile the upper fulling-stock is being lifted and to be withdrawn whilethe latter is going down. By this arrangement the fabric is treated intwo different directions, and the advantage thus obtained is that thecreases or millwrinkles in the skein caused by the action of themilling-cylinders will be removed and buffed out more effectively,while, on the other hand, an increase of production and a better andmore even effect on the cloth is insured as compared with the ordinarymilling and fulling machines having their fullingstocks acting only inone direction.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section. Fig. 2is an end elevation of a combined milling and fulling machine, showingmy invention; and Figs. 3 and 4 are side elevations of the same machine.Figs. 5 and 6 are a longitudinal section and an end elevation,respectively, of a machine,

showing a modification of the invention.

The two sectional cuts, Figs. 1 and 5, show parts of an ordinarymilling-machine,the milling-cylinders h M drag-rolls d, guide'rolls g,and the spent 19. As usual, the journal of the lower milling-cylinder Mcarries the fast and loose pulleys A A, and motion is imparted from thelower to the upper milling-cylinder by means of wheels 10 'w Figs. 2, 4,and 6.

The upper cylinder M is mounted upon lever-arms E, which are connectedwith links Z through suspension-links Z at each side of the machine, thelinks i being secured to the ends of a shaft b, extending across andmounted upon the two side frames, thus connecting the lever-arm's Z ofboth sides, Figs. 3 and 4. The said shaft carries on one end a wheel 0,which is loose and can be operated by a worni w and handle h through therod a. The-said wheel is formed with a casing c, carrying inside aspiral spring 5, connected with both the shaft b and the casing c, asindicated by dotted lines, so that by the operation of worin w and wheel0 through the mediation of said spring, acting upon the shaft Z7, anelastic pressure can be exerted upon the upper mill ing-cylinder M topress against the lower cylinderM, Figs. 2, 3, and 6. The two arms e,suspended to pins or pivots 2' inside the casing, carry the upperfulling-stock F and through a cross-bart and drawing-rods r areconnected with the crank-shaft C, by Which the fulling-stock F isactuated. The said crank-shaft carries on one end a balancingwheel toand at its other end a pulley G to receive motion from a pulley G, fixedto the shaft of the lower milling-cylinder M.

g g and (Z are guide rolls to assist in guiding the rope of material tothe milling-cylinders.

The various parts above described are known and already used inpractice.

I will now describe those parts as shown in the drawings which Iconsider to be new in combination with a milling-machine.

T is the stationary bottom foot-stock.

In Figs. 1 to 4, F is the second reciprocating fulling-stock, which bymeans of a crosspiece q is secured to slide-bars u, arranged outside thecasing at both sides of the machine. The s'aid slide-bars pass withtheir upper ends through movable slide-bearings m, which at their lowerends are connected with eccentrics 12, secured to the crank-shaft C, bywhich the fulling-stock F is actuated so as to act upon the cloth in thedirection toward the end or backboard T of the machine While the upperfulling-stock is being lifted, and, vice versa, to be withdrawn whilethe latter is going down, as indicated by dotted lines.

WVhile being hammered alternately in two directions by thefulling-stocks F and F, the space occupied by the cloth is bounded aboveby the fulling-stock F, below by the foot-stock T, and on either side bythe backboard T and the fulling-stock F. The fulling-stock F drives thecloth into the channel between the backboard T and the fulling-stock F,where the cloth is held back by the foot-stock T while it is beinghammered against the backboard T by the falling-stock F until thecombined action of the two fulling-stocks from different directionsefli'ectually removes all creases and mill-wrinkles from the cloth.

In Figs. 5 and 6 the second fulling-stock F is suspended to pivots y,its reciprocating motion being caused by the following parts: thedouble-armed lever m, which is made to reciprocate by being connectedwith the crossbartthrough drawing-rods r and bolts 11., the spiralsprings f being attached with their lower ends to levers m and withtheir upper ends to the ends of the cross-piece q, secured to thefullingstock F, which is thus caused to reciprocate, whereby thepressure exerted upon the fabric is rendered elastic. Thefulling-st-ocks are narrower than the inside width of the casing, thespace between the stocks and the side boards being filled up by woodenjaws Z. I

I would have it understood that the means for reciprocating the secondfulling-stock F may be varied without in any way altering the principleof my invention.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the saidinvention, I declare that what I claim, and wish to secure by LettersPatent, is-- 1. In a milling and fulling machine, in combination, themilling-rollers M M the backboard T, the foot-stock T, thefulling-stoclc F facing said foot-stock, the fulling-stock F facing saidbackboard and mechanism whereby said falling-stocks F and F,respectively, are actuated against the cloth, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a milling and fulling machine, in combination, the milling-rollersM, M, a backboard T, a falling-stock F facing said backboard, mechanismwhereby said fulling-stock F is actuated to hammer the cloth againstsaid backboard, a foot-stock T, a fulling-stocl: F and mechanism wherebysaid fulling-stock F is actuated substantially parallel with saidbackboard T, substantially as described.

3. In a fulling-machine, in combination, a

receptacle adapted for the passage of a rope of material, means wherebysaid rope is caused to travel round and round through said receptacle,two fulling-stocks F- and F and mechanism whereby the same are actuatedto hammer the rope respectively in a longitudinal and transversedirection, substantially as described.

Signed at Chemnitz, in the county of Zwickau, Saxony, and Empire ofGermany, this 14th day of October, A. D. 1898.

ERNST GESSNER, JR.

Witnesses:

T. BOTZONG, F. EMIL FALKE.

